Political analyst raises electoral fraud concerns ahead of by-election

Concerns are being raised about the potential for electoral fraud today, after a political analyst claimed to have found significant inaccuracies on the electoral register.

Ahead of tomorrow's by-election, Odhran Flynn said that his research shows that after the last general election in 2011, the Meath East constituency had 8,000 too many people on the electoral register, compared to census figures taken just weeks later.

At a national level, there were around 200,000 more people on the electoral register than those listed in the 2011 census who would be eligible to vote in a general election, he has claimed.

Mr Flynn, who carried out the research, says this leaves Ireland open to the potential for electoral fraud.